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Perspective

Feb. 13, 2010

Healing Practices in Law and Medicine

Kathleen Clark of Servant Lawyership writes about the 'unsettlable' medical malpractice case involving the death of Michael Woods, brother of actor James Woods.

By Kathleen Clark

In this time of public debate about health care, sometimes hopeful and creative, sometimes acrimonious, I'm coming down here on the hopeful side. If we are going to achieve satisfactory outcomes for the stakeholders in the health care debate, satisfactory resolution is about not wishing to take advantage of the other stakeholders. At a more profound level, deeper resolution is about our shared humanity, and understanding and caring about each other. Cons...

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